When you set out to explore the Ourika Valley, it’s impossible to resist the region’s charm, as the ecosystem is so well preserved. It’s often hard to imagine that you’re only 40 km from the bustling city of Marrakech. The Ourika Valley is characterized above all by a verdant environment where the river from which it takes its name meanders sometimes lazily, sometimes briskly, depending on the intensity of the slopes of the High Atlas. A popular tourist trail leads to a series of seven waterfalls. It is not only nature that has been preserved in the heart of the Ourika Valley, there are also many traditional villages clinging to the sides of the mountains that seem to be frozen in time…